Ian Somerhalder: 'Vampire Diaries set is a lovefest'

Ian Somerhalder has revealed that the new season of The Vampire Diaries will "kick ass".

The 32-year-old insisted that fans can look forward to a great third season of the CW series, which returns with new episodes in September.

"The whole Twilight thing is about to be over," Somerhalder told Rolling Stone. "And teenage girls can't watch True Blood with their parents - that would just get weird. So we're getting ready to kick some major ass this season."

Somerhalder went on to say that there are no hard feelings between any cast members, claiming that everybody gets along really well.

"[It's] a total frickin' lovefest," Somerhalder said.

Somerhalder was joined by co-stars Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley for a gravity-defying photo shoot for the magazine.